US 11,794,587 B2
Auxiliary power controller
Michael Cleveland, Fort Worth, TX (US); and James Taylor, Shady Shores, TX (US)
Assigned to BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/704,852.
Prior Publication US 2021/0170874 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 3/12 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B61C 3/02 (2006.01); B61C 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 3/12 (2013.01) [B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B61C 3/02 (2013.01); B61C 17/06 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auxiliary power controller, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the auxiliary power controller to perform operations comprising:
determining a first selection of two or more power input sources from a plurality of power input sources;
determining a first power supply of a first power input source of two or more power input sources;
determining a second power supply of a second power input source of the two or more power input sources;
determining a first selection of one or more power consuming devices from a plurality of power consuming devices;
determining whether the first selection of two or more power input sources or the first selection of one or more power consuming devices have changed, wherein determining whether the first selection of two or more power input sources or the first selection of one or more power consuming devices have changed includes one or more of:
determining whether one or more power consuming devices of the plurality of power consuming devices have been added to the first selection of one or more power consuming devices;
determining whether one or more power consuming device have been removed from the first selection of one or more power consuming devices; and
determining whether one or more power consuming devices of the first selection of one or more power consuming devices have been replaced with one or more other power consuming devices of the plurality of power consuming devices;
modifying the selection of the two or more power input sources or the one or more power consuming devices in response to a determination that the first selection of two or more power input sources or the first selection of one or more power consuming devices have changed, wherein modifying the first selection of two or more power input sources or the first selection of one or more power consuming devices includes one or more of:
adding a power input source from the plurality of power input sources to the first selection of two or more power input sources;
removing one or more of the two or more power input sources from the first selection of two or more power input sources; and
replacing one or more of the two or more power input sources from the first selection of two or more power input sources with one or more power input sources from the plurality of power input sources; and
managing transfer of auxiliary power from the first selection of the two or more power input sources to the first selection of the one or more power consuming devices based at least on the first power supply of the first power input source and the second power supply of the second power input source.